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In 2021, 214 farmers in cities within Donley County received a total of $3.5 million in 468 farm subsidies, a 44.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.2 million in 678 farm subsidies.
Though farm subsidies support agriculture in the U.S., pumping $7 trillion into the economy, they are not without controversy.
The American Action Forum discovered that the most highly subsidized crops - corn, soy, wheat, and rice - are often consumed in highly processed ways, which leads to unhealthy eating habits and obesity, while the fruits and vegetables needed for a healthy diet are rarely subsidized.
"We are consuming more calories, fats, sodium, and sugars, and not enough beneficial nutrients and vitamins," Tara O'Neill Hayes wrote. "It is critical that both policymakers and the American public understand the influence that federal agricultural subsidies have on our food supply and diet and, in turn, our nutrition and health."
Farm subsidies have also been criticized for assisting the highest-earning agricultural businesses, not local farmers on their family farms who are barely getting by.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."
The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters, to help maintain consistent farming across the country.
Farmers and Their Subsidies in Cities Associated with Donley County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herring Bank | $499,634 | $289,003 | -42.2% |
| Dan Sawyer | $89,662 | $228,378 | 154.7% |
| Hatley Farms | $542,013 | $186,674 | -65.6% |
| Mustard Seed Farms | $197,313 | $176,618 | -10.5% |
| Stuart Alan McAnear | $97,883 | $156,860 | 60.3% |
| Chancy Quinn Cruse | $338,420 | $151,781 | -55.2% |
| Bright K. Newhouse III | $162,835 | $136,550 | -16.1% |
| Corey Gaither | $204,650 | $113,720 | -44.4% |
| Pilgrim Bank | $151,966 | $101,966 | -32.9% |
| Jerry H. Green | $48,158 | $99,850 | 107.3% |
| Johnathon B. Hatley | $175,357 | $88,958 | -49.3% |
| Don Robinson | $102,285 | $68,736 | -32.8% |
| Bobby N. Cole | $56,419 | $66,682 | 18.2% |
| W. D. Thornberry | $174,226 | $64,629 | -62.9% |
| David F. McAnear | $62,764 | $63,125 | 0.6% |
| Linda Kay Bell | $100,977 | $58,858 | -41.7% |
| Mary Ruth S. White | $21,575 | $56,453 | 161.7% |
| Stan Shelton | $207,588 | $56,322 | -72.9% |
| Britten Land & Cattle, LLC | $0 | $55,985 | -- |
| Jerry H. Green Jr. | $53,305 | $53,742 | 0.8% |
| Sawyer Trust | $40,509 | $52,094 | 28.6% |
| Curtis A. Schaefer | $113,713 | $44,671 | -60.7% |
| Steve A. Schwertner | $103,420 | $42,559 | -58.8% |
| Simmons Family Irrev. Trust | $44,815 | $38,203 | -14.8% |
| Chauncey Eugene Hommel | $161,110 | $35,282 | -78.1% |
| Leeland Cushing Smith | $56,100 | $33,220 | -40.8% |
| Pat White | $56,621 | $30,267 | -46.5% |
| Newhouse Farms Partnership | $81,734 | $29,682 | -63.7% |
| Jim Uptergrove | $167,578 | $27,756 | -83.4% |
| Cody Britten | $0 | $25,801 | -- |
| Finch Ranch | $78,351 | $24,531 | -68.7% |
| Joshua Ward | $41,234 | $22,648 | -45.1% |
| Donley County Farm Service Agency | $63,318 | $21,044 | -66.8% |
| David Shaller | $48,317 | $20,559 | -57.4% |
| Clovis McCary | $22,918 | $19,469 | -15% |
| Roca Sello Cattle Company, LLC | $12,780 | $17,121 | 34% |
| Brent D. Gaines | $23,978 | $17,063 | -28.8% |
| Bill Craft | $32,089 | $16,898 | -47.3% |
| Susan L. Stockett | $18,418 | $16,469 | -10.6% |
| William Todd McAnear | $50,098 | $16,397 | -67.3% |
| John R Hall Cattle Partnership/J R Hall Partnershi | $0 | $14,667 | -- |
| James Emmett Moores Simmons Estates | $0 | $14,442 | -- |
| Jimmie D. Taylor | $32,950 | $14,224 | -56.8% |
| Elizabeth Zongker IRR Fam Trustee 2012 | $17,403 | $13,847 | -20.4% |
| John R. Craft | $31,173 | $13,554 | -56.5% |
| Donald White | $26,363 | $13,300 | -49.6% |
| Guy Ellis | $77,099 | $12,174 | -84.2% |
| Michael A. Newhouse | $41,664 | $11,831 | -71.6% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $11,477 | -- |
| Donley County FSA | $46,523 | $11,150 | -76% |
| Chauncey Hommel Jr. | $11,293 | $10,736 | -4.9% |
| Katherine E. Williams | $10,647 | $10,530 | -1.1% |
| Shadle Farm, LLC | $20,081 | $10,129 | -49.6% |
| Kathy L. Michael | $9,891 | $9,891 | 0% |
| Farm Service Agency | $0 | $9,825 | -- |
| Shauna W. Herbert | $12,830 | $9,775 | -23.8% |
| Donny Ray Howard | $66,818 | $9,614 | -85.6% |
| Cody Matthew Heck | $41,360 | $9,069 | -78.1% |
| Dejuan C. Strickland | $0 | $8,896 | -- |
| HW Hardin Farm, Inc. | $12,202 | $8,716 | -28.6% |
| Thomas Kendall Shelton | $29,568 | $8,568 | -71% |
| Hatley Family Irrevocable Trust | $8,136 | $8,136 | 0% |
| Lon Adams | $14,575 | $8,117 | -44.3% |
| Shoe Nail Cattle Company | $17,388 | $7,990 | -54% |
| Alice Sandra Monroe | $7,580 | $7,852 | 3.6% |
| Danny Cole Askew | $17,826 | $7,259 | -59.3% |
| Stuart Messer | $15,048 | $7,141 | -52.5% |
| Kenneth Burl Hollar | $19,499 | $6,830 | -65% |
| Clarendon Office Supply & Printing Company | $0 | $6,818 | -- |
| Max Paschall | $4,954 | $6,711 | 35.5% |
| Patricia R. Schwertner | $12,034 | $6,198 | -48.5% |
| Russell Estlack | $6,104 | $6,104 | 0% |
| James Moores E. Simmons | $984 | $6,046 | 514.4% |
| Buford O. Holland | $9,867 | $6,002 | -39.2% |
| Melinda Jane McAnear | $21,457 | $5,960 | -72.2% |
| Potts & Potts, Inc. | $12,422 | $5,930 | -52.3% |
| Roy Dale Bertrand | $5,837 | $5,837 | 0% |
| Barbara Janice Helms | $9,216 | $5,728 | -37.8% |
| Roy Lee Helms Estate Trust | $9,216 | $5,728 | -37.8% |
| Melvin E. Phillips | $4,508 | $5,474 | 21.4% |
| Ronald J. Ward | $8,936 | $5,438 | -39.1% |
| Lori Lynn O'Rear | $16,516 | $5,429 | -67.1% |
| Jacob Jack Pigg | $1,386 | $5,200 | 275.2% |
| Randal & Julie Gates Joint Venture | $0 | $5,083 | -- |
| David A. Criswell | $4,979 | $4,979 | 0% |
| Jaci Mcanear Tr | $9,836 | $4,942 | -49.8% |
| Elizabeth Zongker Exempt Trust 2009 | $0 | $4,884 | -- |
| Brock Hatley | $13,482 | $4,810 | -64.3% |
| San a West | $15,238 | $4,802 | -68.5% |
| Risley Family Trust | $5,981 | $4,750 | -20.6% |
| Betty H Fuqua Estate Trust | $11,552 | $4,712 | -59.2% |
| Howard K Fuqua Estate Trust | $11,552 | $4,712 | -59.2% |
| William R. Chamberlain | $11,536 | $4,672 | -59.5% |
| Ty Mitchell Hanks | $0 | $4,576 | -- |
| Tommy Waldrop | $10,168 | $4,533 | -55.4% |
| Darrell O. Holland | $11,362 | $4,467 | -60.7% |
| Kirby Hatley J. Tr | $8,815 | $4,350 | -50.7% |
| Chancy Franks | $8,877 | $4,330 | -51.2% |
| Bill C. Cornell | $15,394 | $4,310 | -72% |
| Fleeta K Shannon Estate | $0 | $4,177 | -- |
| Chris Schollenbarger | $13,579 | $4,168 | -69.3% |
| Steve Carroll Reynolds | $6,390 | $3,995 | -37.5% |
| John Grady | $840 | $3,952 | 370.5% |
| Stanley E. Lamb | $4,384 | $3,790 | -13.5% |
| Carrol Creek Cattle Company, LLC | $9,966 | $3,774 | -62.1% |
| Elizabeth Zongker Exempt Trust 2019 | $0 | $3,751 | -- |
| Deborah L. Summers | $6,079 | $3,684 | -39.4% |
| Ashtola, Inc. | $5,580 | $3,588 | -35.7% |
| Thomas H. Walters | $62,482 | $3,577 | -94.3% |
| Rhonda A. Shaw | $5,845 | $3,576 | -38.8% |
| Carol E. Allen | $5,404 | $3,442 | -36.3% |
| Alan Fletcher | $15,368 | $3,402 | -77.9% |
| Jackie A. Bell | $3,888 | $3,312 | -14.8% |
| Mike Murff Testamentary IRR Trust | $5,830 | $3,186 | -45.4% |
| George W. Lawler | $4,869 | $3,162 | -35.1% |
| Glenn Ranch, LLC | $7,119 | $3,129 | -56% |
| Geneva Louise Mays | $15,306 | $3,114 | -79.7% |
| Steve H. Allen | $6,446 | $3,079 | -52.2% |
| Gary M. Hunt | $2,945 | $2,981 | 1.2% |
| John L. Ross | $17,010 | $2,851 | -83.2% |
| Mcqueen Family Irrevocable Trust | $2,846 | $2,846 | 0% |
| George Don Hillis | $8,691 | $2,785 | -68% |
| Barbee Family Trust | $15,723 | $2,746 | -82.5% |
| Juan Nell Carson | $2,729 | $2,729 | 0% |
| Mark Brinson | $12,622 | $2,725 | -78.4% |
| David Dockery | $3,826 | $2,720 | -28.9% |
| R&C Family Limited Partnership | $11,094 | $2,713 | -75.5% |
| Barbara Campbell | $1,716 | $2,593 | 51.1% |
| Ouida Odessa Gage | $7,322 | $2,569 | -64.9% |
| Scott Hedley Ranch | $3,948 | $2,547 | -35.5% |
| Kim Jeffrey | $2,502 | $2,502 | 0% |
| Rhenda a Beeson | $11,214 | $2,492 | -77.8% |
| Ralph Lee Graves | $13,145 | $2,423 | -81.6% |
| Billy Jack Land | $5,243 | $2,348 | -55.2% |
| Jalee Victory | $978 | $2,283 | 133.4% |
| Lynn Alton Mays | $0 | $2,263 | -- |
| Johnny C. Hill | $7,107 | $2,064 | -71% |
| Gerald R. Lane | $2,020 | $2,021 | 0% |
| Gatlin Duncan | $10,962 | $1,998 | -81.8% |
| Jeff Cook | $0 | $1,886 | -- |
| Aaron Dwayne Harper | $12,987 | $1,872 | -85.6% |
| Regina Christine Knorpp | $4,048 | $1,865 | -53.9% |
| Ted Shaller Family Trust | $2,965 | $1,846 | -37.7% |
| Stephanie L. Halsey | $2,796 | $1,787 | -36.1% |
| Jeffery Climer | $1,784 | $1,784 | 0% |
| Dale Robinson | $1,853 | $1,777 | -4.1% |
| Daniel C. Sawyer | $998 | $1,734 | 73.7% |
| Davis and Pigg | $8,625 | $1,722 | -80% |
| Elizabeth Zongker | $96 | $1,713 | 1,684.4% |
| Fleeta C Shannon | $24,790 | $1,689 | -93.2% |
| Bob Spillers | $1,650 | $1,666 | 1% |
| Johnny Cooper | $1,611 | $1,658 | 2.9% |
| Kerry Cartrite | $4,269 | $1,614 | -62.2% |
| Wesley Edward Ritchie | $1,485 | $1,596 | 7.5% |
| Larry Vance Gray | $5,577 | $1,535 | -72.5% |
| George Leathers | $10,425 | $1,509 | -85.5% |
| Pamela D. Bertrand | $1,461 | $1,461 | 0% |
| Bill Kennedy | $2,409 | $1,446 | -40% |
| Bob Hoggard | $3,272 | $1,368 | -58.2% |
| Evelyn Jean Mann | $1,364 | $1,364 | 0% |
| Dale C. Askew | $6,187 | $1,196 | -80.7% |
| Alex S. McAnear | $5,951 | $1,156 | -80.6% |
| James T. Shelton | $1,151 | $1,151 | 0% |
| Taylor Shelton | $1,151 | $1,151 | 0% |
| Kirby Jay Hatley | $11,055 | $1,147 | -89.6% |
| Charles E. Blackburn Jr. | $4,714 | $1,104 | -76.6% |
| Christopher Wayne Ashbrook | $954 | $1,076 | 12.8% |
| Harold R. Lindley | $7,200 | $1,038 | -85.6% |
| Haley Dawn Wootten | $4,840 | $1,019 | -78.9% |
| Robert Weiss | $3,420 | $1,019 | -70.2% |
| Nena K. Hunt | $999 | $999 | 0% |
| Katherine Elizabeth Bateman | $1,450 | $965 | -33.4% |
| Shaun P. O'Keefe | $3,945 | $935 | -76.3% |
| Dallas Brandon Moore | $0 | $890 | -- |
| April Rene Stclair | $856 | $880 | 2.8% |
| Laban W. Tubbs | $3,795 | $848 | -77.7% |
| Kevin McAnear | $1,166 | $830 | -28.8% |
| Vera Johnson Estate | $816 | $816 | 0% |
| Debbie J. Kennedy | $3,850 | $814 | -78.9% |
| Charlena Ford | $1,251 | $805 | -35.7% |
| Braden Montgomery | $735 | $800 | 8.8% |
| Harold L. White | $74,362 | $782 | -98.9% |
| Ferol Shelton | $767 | $767 | 0% |
| Sherol S Johnston | $767 | $767 | 0% |
| John C. Neely | $1,583 | $716 | -54.8% |
| Jayson Glyn Pigg | $1,353 | $707 | -47.7% |
| Jodee Wayne Pigg | $1,353 | $707 | -47.7% |
| Tommy Wayne Jochetz | $2,255 | $690 | -69.4% |
| Milton Mann | $5,947 | $683 | -88.5% |
| Michael Mobley | $1,267 | $682 | -46.2% |
| Mona G. Oney | $1,212 | $671 | -44.6% |
| Dallas B. Moore | $21,400 | $568 | -97.3% |
| Raylyn Shelton | $1,936 | $561 | -71% |
| Leonard Haynes | $1,991 | $540 | -72.9% |
| Matt Halsey | $1,099 | $537 | -51.1% |
| Rodney Ehlert | $2,300 | $507 | -78% |
| Ronda R. Haynes | $1,925 | $506 | -73.7% |
| KG Cows & Dirt, LLC | $2,420 | $485 | -80% |
| James M. Mitchell | $3,464 | $447 | -87.1% |
| Kenny Black | $3,186 | $426 | -86.6% |
| T Loe Land Company, LLC | $0 | $407 | -- |
| John E. Morrow | $834 | $339 | -59.4% |
| Darhonda Funderburg | $2,709 | $329 | -87.9% |
| Walter Dunham | $186 | $310 | 66.7% |
| Barry I. Wardell | $561 | $293 | -47.8% |
| Carrol J. Duncan | $831 | $255 | -69.3% |
| Scotty Ferris | $1,200 | $250 | -79.2% |
| Calvin Thomas | $453 | $203 | -55.2% |
| Douglas Johnson | $363 | $138 | -62% |
| Joshua Dunn | $198 | $104 | -47.5% |
| James E. Moores Simmons Estate | $0 | $76 | -- |
| James Frank Howell III | $107 | $6 | -94.4% |
| Joseph Benedict Howell | $55 | $6 | -89.1% |
| Tessie Robinson | $55 | $6 | -89.1% |
| Billy Wiggs | $2,632 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam C. Lowry | $918 | $0 | -100% |
| Casey Cobb | $1,202 | $0 | -100% |
| Cathy Marable | $694 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris David Childers | $3,859 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarendon Office Supply & Printin | $8,802 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig H. Silva | $1,780 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane Skelton | $1,681 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Woods | $1,889 | $0 | -100% |
| Donley County FSA Office | $16,996 | $0 | -100% |
| Donley County State Bank | $4,865 | $0 | -100% |
| Donley FSA | $26,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris J. White | $828 | $0 | -100% |
| Hightop Ranch, LLC | $8,514 | $0 | -100% |
| James Moores Simmons E. Est | $12,160 | $0 | -100% |
| James Emmett Moores Simmons Est | $4,057 | $0 | -100% |
| James Emmett Moores Simmons Estat | $29,103 | $0 | -100% |
| James Mccarthy Hinton | $13,271 | $0 | -100% |
| Javier Gonzalez | $3,948 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Don Bilbrey | $1,680 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelsi Crooks | $273 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Hudson | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee G. Stegall | $18,009 | $0 | -100% |
| Manuel Vaquera | $560 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark White | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul D. Bell | $8,739 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney Hill | $3,950 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell Latham | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Ty White | $1,021 | $0 | -100% |
| USDA-Farm Service Agency | $6,828 | $0 | -100% |
| Verna C. Talley | $79 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter M. Warner | $1,057 | $0 | -100% |
| Birch Cross Jones | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack E. Funderburg Jr. | $1,837 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Kennedy | $3,411 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Floyd | $8,054 | $0 | -100% |
| John R Hall Cattle Partnership/J | $29,600 | $0 | -100% |
| Judith A. Neely | $112 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger J. Hagar | $63 | $0 | -100% |
| Laura Mays | $635 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,208,787 | $3,470,938 | -44.1% |
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